All started in August 1969 when I decided to hitch Europe - Lisbon to Stockholm. From the two-and a-half month hitch-hike trip I don't find any pictures, only memories. Probably the most impressive for me was waking-up on the day of my 20th anniversary in a sleeping bag, under a highway bridge near Husqvarna, Sweden.
Like in Paul Nizan’s Aden-Arabie, quoting from memory, “J’avais vingt ans. Je ne laisserais jamais personne dire que c’est le plus beau age de la vie"

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

DELPHI - JUNE 1976

THE CENTER OF THE WORLD KNOWN: THE PLACE WHERE HEAVEN AND EARTH MET, AND WHERE MAN WAS CLOSEST TO GODS!

Legend tells that Delphi was the point where two eagles, which had been released by Zeus at different ends of the world, had met again after their flights across the skies. Zeus threw the Sacred Stone at this exact point, and Delphi became known as the centre of the world!

"Under the protection of Apollo, on a magnificent valley, full of olive and cyprus trees"

"The Athenian Treasury, 510 BC"

"The Theatre - Under Mount Parnassos, where Apollo made his shrine"

"Time for Tragedy or Comedy, whichever you prefer"

"The Theatre - Jonian Column"

"The Theatre - On the steps of Sarah Bernhardt..."

"The Theatre and the Stadium - as close as nowadays"

"Paying tribute to Dyonisios, with Gilberto and his wife. Would the new Pythia from a modern Oracle find where they could be..."

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TIME IN LISBON

One blog alone would not hold pictures from three decades of intensive travel. So I had to split it: the project is now to have one Revival for the 70s and 80s (the present one, that is the result of a merger) and one for the 90s. The regular Blogtrotter will take care of trips starting in November 2000 - the digital era! Links will connect the blogs, and will be updated simultaneously, according to the possibilities!